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James Kirtley
Portrait of James Kirtley

Robert James Kirtley

Born: 10 January 1975, Eastbourne, Sussex
Major Teams: Sussex, Mashonaland, England.
Known As: James Kirtley
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


ODI Debut: England v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1st ODI, 2001/02
Latest ODI:
England v India at Chester-le-Street, NatWest Series, 2002

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997

Career Statistics:

TESTS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -   -

                     Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -    -    -     -     -  -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 04/07/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    7    1   0     1    1    1.00  33.33   0   0    5   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              60.2    2   305    6  50.83  2-33    0   0  60.3  5.05

FIRST-CLASS
 (1995 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  104  146  41  1115   59   10.61   0   2   33   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            3196.3  773 10036  403  24.90  7-21   24   4  47.5  3.13

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  125   51  27   251   19*  10.45   0   0   40   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             942.5  4221  191  22.09  5-33    8   2  29.6  4.47

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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The modern stereotype for a fast bowler is that he should be well in excess of six feet tall and built like a cruiserweight boxer. James Kirtley does not fit that mould, just reaching the six feet mark according to the reference books and probably needing to be ringing wet if he wanted to weigh in above middleweight.

He became a fast bowler quite late in his career at Clifton College, but then developed quickly through the Sussex youth teams. He made his county debut in 1995 but first made an impression on the international stage in 1996-97 when England were touring Zimbabwe.

Kirtley was playing for Mashonaland where he was spending time between English seasons and took seven wickets in the game, including 5 for 53 in the first innings when he claimed the then captain Michael Atherton and future captain Nasser Hussain in his bag.

He was awarded his county cap in 1998 and in 1999-2000 went as a replacement on the England A tour to Bangladesh and New Zealand, after being called up when Durham's Steve Harmison withdrew from the original selection through injury.

Kirtley took 19 wickets in first-class cricket on that tour at a little over 19 apiece, but there were suspicions raised about his bowling action during the New Zealand leg. Subsequent filming in both match and laboratory conditions cleared him to the satisfaction of the ECB, but doubts were raised again when he returned to Zimbabwe with the full England team for the series of one-day internationals in October, 2001.

An impressive 75 wickets the previous domestic season had earned Kirtley selection for the tour, and he began well with three wickets in the warm-up match and two more when he made his one-day international debut in the first of the five-match series. However, the ICC match referee, against formal procedures, let it be known that he was suspicious about the legality of Kirtley's action, and although the bowler was not spoken to after the second game, Colonel Naushad Ali put in an official report the next time Kirtley bowled in the fourth match.

After going through a period of remedial coaching, Kirtley came back to be included in England's squad for the NatWest Series of triangular internationals against India and Sri Lanka in the summer of 2002. He rather suffered at the hands of the Indian batsmen in particular, but did make an indelible mark on the tournament when holding a stunning catch in a match against India at Lord's. It was described thus by CricInfo's reporter Stephen Lamb: "Ganguly had come down the wicket to hit Giles wide of mid-on, from where Kirtley ran round to take a thrilling, sprawling catch in the fingertips of his left hand. If a better catch has been taken in the deep in any form of cricket, I'm not sure that I've seen it."

His involvement in the tournament was cut short, however, when he fractured his bowling hand during practice. He was originally omitted from England's squad to go to the ICC Champions Trophy Tournament in Sri Lanka at the end of the season, but then injury did him a favour. When Darren Gough pulled out, Kirtley came in although he did not play in either of England's matches in the tournament.

Capable of genuine pace with a good wrist action irrespective of any problems caused by hyperextension of his elbow, Kirtley fails to fit the fast bowling stereotype in another way. He is a cerebral cricketer, captaining Sussex at the start of the 2001 season when Chris Adams was absent through injury, and spending more than one English winter in Namibia coaching the national side that gained qualification to the 2003 World Cup finals. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Saturday, 09-Nov-2002 12:10:39 GMT


 
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